“Is There Asbestos in My Home?”

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

The short answer to the question, “Is there asbestos in my home?” is “Yes, probably.” How much, where, and whether you should worry, depends mostly on when your home was built and what condition it is in. In the U.S., if your home was built after the mid-1990s there might be ...

The Weight of Fresh Water

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Water is a pretty weighty commodity. A gallon of the stuff weights 8.3 pounds, yet, the real weight of water is in how necessary it is to life. We drink it, cook in it, and bathe in it. Our plants need it to grow. According to the U.S. Geological Survey ...